Chapter 097 Gwendolyn Would Do Anything
As soon as Ezra left, Gwendolyn asked concernedly, "Tess, did your sister quarrel with your brother-in-law again?"
Teresa touched her nephew's head and said, "Patrick is still living at his parents' house and hasn't come back. He asked my sister to return what was remaining of the housekeeping money to him, saying that he was not using the housekeeping money now that he was not eating at home."
"Why is she still with such a man?" said Gwendolyn.
Teresa said after a moment of silence, "My sister can only think of the future after she settles down."
Gwendolyn said nothing more.
"How was Mrs. Plotnick's party? Did you like Mr. Plotnick?"
"My head still hurts a little."
Teresa blinked and asked her with a smile, "You didn't deliberately get drunk and wild out at the party, do you?"
People in the upper-class circles were all about genteelness and upbringing.
If Gwendolyn got drunk and went wild at Mrs. Plotnick's birthday party, she would be killing her chance of marrying into a wealthy family.
"I didn't go wild. I just pretended to be drunk after drinking a lot, then I lay on the floor and pretended to sleep. My aunt dragged me away in a hurry. I think my aunt will never take me to all sorts of parties again."
Gwendolyn would do anything to make her family give up the hope of making her marry into a wealthy family.
Although the wealthiest ladies in Watenll City did not attend Mrs. Plotnick's birthday party, those who showed up at the party were all wives of the rich. Gwendolyn had made a big fool of herself by pretending to be drunk and lying on the floor.
This would spread like wildfire in the circle of the rich and soon the whole circle would know.
Those rich wives who pride themselves on their identity would certainly look down on Gwendolyn. Both Erica and her sister-in-law would have no way of making Gwendolyn marry into a wealthy family.
The Gastons were aborigines in the urban area of Watenll City. They got rich because of the money they got when the family's land was expropriated and their house were demolished, although their wealth was multiplied through Gwendolyn's parents' effort.
However, the Gaston family was just a nouveau riche created by demolition and relocation in the eyes of those wealthy families
Erica managed to marry into the Porter family because she was capable and endurant. She gave birth to a son early, which consolidated her position. Not all girls in the Gaston family could be as lucky as Erica.
One could know that Erica had a good relationship with her husband as Mr. Porter still treated her very well.
"You...you're really bold," said Teresa.
"I have to be thick-skinned if I want them to leave me alone."
Gwendolyn had never wanted to marry into a wealthy family. She left her relationships to fate. She would get married when she met the right person and there would be no need for her family to urge.
She would not marry if she had not met her Mr. Right, even if she had eighty blind dates a day.
"I think my mother and my aunt will stop for a while."
Teresa smiled and said, "Your aunt probably wants to pretend that she does not know you."
Gwendolyn recalled that after she pretended to be drunk and lay on the floor, everyone fell silent at once and she could feel that everyone was watching her. After that, her aunt rushed over to help her up and took her away.
She stole a glance at her aunt's expression.
It was interesting.
She laughed out loud.
"Hahaha."
Andy laughed too when he saw that both his aunt and Auntie Gwen were laughing.
It made Teresa and Gwendolyn laugh even louder.
The shop was full of laughter at this moment.
Andy played in the shop after he had finished his dessert.
There were his favorite toys in the mommy bag.
He could play with his toys all the time while sitting there. Gwendolyn always told her friends, "Andy can concentrate very well. Look at how he plays with his toys, and you'll know."
"That's because he's not familiar in here yet. After he gets familiar in here, he will be naughty."
Teresa often took care of her sister's child, so she was very clear about Andy being naughty.
She took out her tools and was going to make her handicrafts, and she said, "I was so glad that Miss Lisbon liked my crafts, so I gave her the maneki-neko, thinking I'd make another one for Hubert. We're married and live together, so I can give it to him whenever I want."
"However, he was angry with me when he found out. I apologized, coaxed him, and said I would give him one more gift. I will try to prepare the gift for him today, so as not to go home at night and see his sullen face."
Gwendolyn said, "Since you had agreed to give that maneki-neko to him, it belonged to him. You gave it to Miss Lisbon without his consent, so it was reasonable for him to be angry."
"It was my fault, and I apologized to him. When he came back last night, he looked unhappy. Maybe he had a problem at work."
Hubert: ... He was annoyed because she hadn't noticed he was wearing the clothes she gave him to work.
"Ring ring ring..."
Teresa's cell phone rang.
She took it out from her pocket and saw that it was old Mrs. Donovan calling. She answered the call.
"Grandma."
"Tess, are you busy?"
"Not really. What's up? Tell me what's the matter. I will help you deal with it no matter how busy I am."
Before she got married, Teresa often met with the old lady and chatted with her.
After she got married, the old lady didn't come to her often, probably because she didn't want to be the third wheel, so that Teresa could get close with Hubert.
That was what Hubert asked for. He said that the greatest concession he could make was to obey his grandma and marry Teresa, but after their marriage, his grandma was not allowed to intervene. He would observe Teresa's character in person to see if she was worth his life-long dedication.
The old lady was afraid that if she met often with Teresa like she previously did, her eldest grandson would be angry and treat Teresa badly, so she kept herself from seeing Teresa.
"It's nothing. Tomorrow is a weekend, isn't it? Your shop is not busy on weekends. Are you having an off day? I want to spend the weekend at your house. Will you ask Hubert if he agrees?"
The old lady really wanted to know if there was any progress between the young couple, and to what extent.
She heard from Chad that her eldest grandson seemed to be jealous sometimes.
The old lady was itching to hear it.
"Grandma, if you want to come, you can come at any time. You don't have to get our consent. It's your own grandson's home, so it's also your home."
Teresa had a good relationship with the old lady. Besides, the house was indeed Hubert's. Teresa was pleased to have the old lady over for vacation.
She felt that their home was too quiet.
Sometimes, she felt like she was the only one in the house when he did not speak and ignored her.
She thought if they should get two pet cats and two pet dogs.
She would discuss with Hubert tonight.
"I have to ask Hubert. In case he blames me for being the third wheel who disturbs the two of you."
The old lady knew very well that her grandson would definitely not like her to come, for fear of being tricked by her.